Classic Literature Podcasts

In celebration of Canada Day, 2006, LibriVox volunteers bring you ten different recordings of O Canada!. If you prefer English or French, spoken or sung, you will find a version that suits you here! This was the Weekly Poetry project for the week of June 25th, 2006. (Summary by Annie Coleman)

The Iliad, together with the Odyssey, is one of two ancient Greek epic poems traditionally attributed to Homer. The poem is commonly dated to the 8th or 7th century BC, and many scholars believe it is the oldest extant work of literature in the Greek language, making it the first work of European literature. The […]

Christopher “Kit” Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. The foremost Elizabethan tragedian before William Shakespeare, he is known for his magnificent blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his own untimely death. The Jew of Malta (1589) is an original story of […]

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it is among the most famous works of fiction. The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the […]

This personal anthology is my choice of speeches from Shakespeare that I enjoy reading (that I would like to have had by heart years ago!) and that seem to me to illustrate his unsurpassed use of language. He was a man who seemed to know everything about human nature and as Orson Welles said ‘he […]

Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare’s famous tragedy of two “star-crossed lovers” from rival houses. Romeo and Juliet meet at a party and fall instantly in love, realizing too late that their families, the Montagues and the Capulets, are mortal enemies. Braving parental opposition, the teenage lovers marry in secret, with the aid of the well-intentioned […]

LibriVox readers present the tenth collection of monologues from Shakespeare’s plays. Containing 20 parts. William Shakespeare (April 26, 1564 – April 23, 1616) remains widely to be considered the single greatest playwright of all time. He wrote in such a variety of genres – tragedy, comedy, romance, &c – that there is always at least […]

In this short novel the narrator is a superintendent on the K. & A. railroad, sometime in the late nineteenth century. The train is robbed somewhere in the Arizona desert. Various adventures involve this young superintendent. Romance is provided by a comely passenger. (Summary by David Wales)

Wit & Lit is a podcast where we embrace our most witty and Oscar Wilde selves whilst we read. Published every full moon ❍ in time to discuss literature under the stars from our gutters and under the moon with the wolves. Minisodes uploaded on the new moon ◉. Literature, History, Art, Intersectionality, Feminism, Oh […]

This year’s Christmas feast of short stories, essays and poetry is mostly English cuisine, with a little dash of French and Middle English seasoning. Here you will find many old favourites, and some festive treats which may be new to you.

Join Lisa VanDamme as she guides you through The Cloak (or The Overcoat) by Nikolai Gogol. Recommended Book Url: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Best_Russian_Short_Stories/UdFfAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=And%20there%20was%20something%20strange%20in%20the%20words%20and%20the%20voice%20in%20which%20they%20were%20uttered.&pg=PA31&printsec=frontcover&fbclid=IwAR25MM2yQJfPAgadNRoyU5O17XI9o2SYdAAy3xNcNRJyInNec1Jfq0WWBTY&_branch_match_id=984938571057277787&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXL0pNTCnPLMnITdVLLCjQy8nMy9Y3CMlIjAwz8nHNSgIAPoed%2BycAAAA%3D What’s Included An audiobook read by Lisa VanDamme; the text of each chapter in the app, so you can read along as you listen; and chapter-by chapter motivational and explanatory commentary by Lisa VanDamme to […]